Texture-induced modulations of friction force: the fingerprint effect

Details Texture-induced modulations of friction force: the fingerprint effect Texture-induced modulations of friction force: the fingerprint effect

2011-07-13

arxiv.org/abs/1107.2578v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

4 pages

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Dry solid friction is often accompanied by force modulations originating from stick-slip instabilities. Here a distinct, quasi-static mechanism is evidenced leading to quasi-periodic force oscillations during sliding contact between an elastomer block, whose surface is patterned with parallel grooves, and finely abraded glass slides. The dominant oscillation frequency is set by the ratio between the sliding velocity and the period of the grooves. A mechanical model is proposed that provides a quantitative prediction for the amplitude of the force modulations as a function of the normal load, the period of the grooves and the roughness characteristics of the substrate. The model's main ingredient is the non-linearity of the friction law. Since such non-linearity is ubiquitous for soft solids, this "fingerprint effect" should be relevant to a large class of frictional configurations and might in particular have important consequences in human (or humanoid) active digital touch.

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